Most of the Kaboom stuff is internet hype and secondly the few that did have a kaboom were older guns some of the first ones and due to bad loads rather reloads or factory loads.
the gen 3 and gen 4 glocks have a much more supported barrel now.
having a Kaboom was talked about with glock so much simply because there are more glocks out there.
I could not find it but there was a thread out there some where that showed a lot of kabooms by other brands all steel as well as polymer.

Don't worry about it, I have glock 30's g 21's g23's g19's all with thousands of rds thru them no problems.

I had one in my G21 when I first got it, maybe 10 years ago, don't remember for sure. It also set off the last two rounds that were in the magazine. After I changed my shorts I looked at the gun. The magazine was partially ejected, maybe an inch or so, but was jammed tight. I had to pry and pound it out. After checking the gun over the only damage appeared to be the magazine and my nerves, the gun seemed to functioned perfectly. A couple of hours later I got brave and put one round in and fired it. No problems, so continued to shoot as normal. Never did actually figure out the cause.

Most of the Kaboom stuff is internet hype and secondly the few that did have a kaboom were older guns some of the first ones and due to bad loads rather reloads or factory loads.

I personally witnessed two Glocks blow up.
They were the older model 40S&W caliber guns, model 22 I believe was the designation number.

Both shooters purchased factory ammo right off the shelf, these were not reloads or remanufactured ammo.
Both shooters were cut, bloody and burned, however I don't believe either lost any fingers or eyesight over the experience.

Glock did not want to admit their guns were at fault, they tried the old shooting reload BS, but eveyone new better.
I've heard they redesigned the ramp area on their barrels so maybe the guns blowing are in the past.

Funny to see the Glock Fan Boys in denial. A simple internet search will prove to you who is right or wrong. Yes, any gun can go "Kaboom," but as noted, there is firearm nomenclature for "Glock Kaboom" which is not associated with any other firearm. It would not stop me from buying a Glock, but nothing could get me to buy one in the first place.

Funny to see the Glock Fan Boys in denial. A simple internet search will prove to you who is right or wrong. Yes, any gun can go "Kaboom," but as noted, there is firearm nomenclature for "Glock Kaboom" which is not associated with any other firearm. It would not stop me from buying a Glock, but nothing could get me to buy one in the first place.

I think a HUGE number of the Glock kabooms were not "internet hype" but rather Glocks choice to pursue reliability by taking chances with loose chamber dimensions. Too little chamber support combined with the high pressures of the 40 or leading in the barrel combined to create separated case heads with only a plastic frame to contain the resulting release of pressure. New Glocks have much better support in the chambers and I wouldn't feel the least concerned about any of them especially the 45 which operates are lower pressures anyhow. Glock has quietly made many changes and improvements to the newer generations of guns. They just don't tell anyone because they refuse to admit their weapon is anything but "perfection". The Glock 21 is a pretty fine weapon. I wouldn't mind getting one myself one day.

A G21 would be the last Glock to KB. 45acp pressures are ~ 18K and the frame is built to house the 10mm pressures also. It's a real low pressure round, and only a double charge would blow it up.

I had a G21 for many years and shot thousands of lead boolits through it with no KB. A healthy dose of common sense (uh-oh) must be applied. Proper sizing of boolits, NOT shooting jacketed rounds AFTER the lead to clean out the lead, and regular thorough cleanings.

My experience with the G21s chamber is that it was tight (vs my 1911). My lead boolit reloads that would choke my G21 would run through my 1911 like butter.

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